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CARE

To enjoy your pager for a long time:

• Keep the pager dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry

immediately.

• Use and store the pager only in normal tempera-

ture environments.

• Handle the pager gently and carefully. Don’t drop

it.

• Keep the pager away from dust and dirt.

• Wipe the pager with a damp cloth occasionally to

keep it looking new.

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Summary of Contents for SportsCaster

Page 1: ...Cat No 17 9050 OWNER S MANUAL Please read before using this pager SportsCaster Alphanumeric Pager 17 9050 fm Page 1 Tuesday August 3 1999 8 44 AM...

Page 2: ...o 32 messages sports and personal messages com bined and alerts you of personal messages with ei ther a gentle vibration a vibration and a single beep or one of 16 melodies It also has these features...

Page 3: ...ager to automatically scroll through all messages one page or one line at a time Message Reminder lets you set the pager to sound a series of alerts to remind you to view unread personal messages Time...

Page 4: ...ature Symbols 10 Button Guide Symbols 12 Standby Display 13 Pager Set Up 14 Setting the Clock 14 Setting the Date Format 18 Selecting the Personal Message Alert Type 19 Operation 24 Turning the Pager...

Page 5: ...ges 36 Special Features 39 Using the Reminder Alert 39 Setting the Alert Length 40 Changing the Message Scroll Setting 41 Using the Daily Alarm 42 Using the Timer 46 Pager Ideas 49 Care 50 FCC Informa...

Page 6: ...carrier at the telephone number listed in the ac tivation instructions provided with your pager s activation packet INSTALLING A BATTERY Your pager requires one AA battery For the best per formance a...

Page 7: ...n slide off the cover in the direc tion of the arrow 2 Place a battery in the compartment according to the polarity symbols and marked inside 3 Replace the cover then slide the latch toward the cover...

Page 8: ...ssible Notes If you press a button to stop the alert and Change Battery appear on the standby dis play until you replace the battery The pager s built in memory stores messages and settings for at lea...

Page 9: ...9 Menu Button Function Select Button and PAGER QUICK GUIDE 17 9050 fm Page 9 Tuesday August 3 1999 8 44 AM...

Page 10: ...s the alert setting your pager displays the following sym bols Symbol Description or Audible alert mode or Silent vibrate alert mode Sports message Duplicate message Protected message Appears while yo...

Page 11: ...tandby display timeout setting appears while you set the clock Appears while you set the optional features Timer set to sound Delete the currently selected message Delete all messages Low battery 17 9...

Page 12: ...a message to delete or protect your pager displays two symbols You See You Press to select or confirm to cancel to scroll to the next item setting to increase the setting by 1 to select the 12 hour ti...

Page 13: ...such as the alarm or timer To set the pager so the standby display disappears and the screen goes blank to conserve battery pow er after about 5 seconds if you do not press a key see Setting the Cloc...

Page 14: ...ou do not set the clock the pager incorrectly reports the dates and times of your messages If you do not press a button for about 2 minutes during these steps or while setting any other fea ture the s...

Page 15: ...e then repeats that sequence 1 At the standby display press then repeatedly press until Set Clock appears 2 Press The clock display appears and the cur sor appears below the hour digits 3 Repeatedly p...

Page 16: ...to select the current year then press The cursor moves below the day of the month digits Note If you previously selected the D M Y date format see Setting the Date Format on Page 18 the cursor moves b...

Page 17: ...blank after about 5 seconds if you do not press a key Press if necessary so appears To set the standby display so it always appears except when you turn the pager off press if necessary so appears 10...

Page 18: ...is preset to display the date in the month day year M D Y format but you can set it to use the day month year D M Y format To change the date format follow these steps 1 At the standby display press...

Page 19: ...date in the selected format SELECTING THE PERSONAL MESSAGE ALERT TYPE Your pager is preset to sound a simple beep pattern when you receive a personal message however you can set it to use any of the f...

Page 20: ...an audible alert Your pager does not alert you when it receives sports messages Symbol Alert Types Beep Single or Dual audible Musical Melody 1 16 audible Vibrate silent Chirp Vibrate two beeps then s...

Page 21: ...ecessary so ON appears then press and Beep or Musical appear 4 Press if necessary so Beep appears to select a beep alert or so Musical appears to select a musical melody alert 5 Press If you selected...

Page 22: ...essary press until you see or hear the melody you want to use 6 Press to store the selected alert setting The standby display reappears showing the symbol for the selected setting Selecting a Silent A...

Page 23: ...standby display reappears showing the symbol for the selected setting Using Audible Silent Quick Set To quickly change the personal message alert type silent or audible at the standby display hold dow...

Page 24: ...s Note Depending on the standby display s timeout setting the display might go blank after about 5 sec onds if you do not press a key See Step 9 in Setting the Clock Page 17 To turn off the pager hold...

Page 25: ...light turns off soon after the standby display reap pears To conserve battery power turn off the pager when you are not using it The pager does not receive messages or sound at a set daily alarm time...

Page 26: ...ny type of sports message it silently stores the message in memory The pager does not alert when it receives a sports message Note When the pager receives a sports message type such as team standings...

Page 27: ...alert length selected see Set ting the Alert Length on Page 40 To stop the alert sooner press any button Notes The alert tone s volume gradually increases dur ing an audible alert If you do not press...

Page 28: ...places the oldest unprotected personal message in memory Hint To prevent the pager from automatically replac ing messages you want to keep and to save memory space be sure to promptly protect any mess...

Page 29: ...ages oldest to newest in this order unread personal messages all sports messages previously read personal messages If you press the pager displays messages newest to oldest in this order unread person...

Page 30: ...al messages in memory if Call Received does not appear on the standby display each time you press or the pager dis plays the next message and the time and date it was received The standby display appe...

Page 31: ...r of each message If you are reading a message and does not appear after the last character you see press to view the next page of that message If no messages are stored in memory No Mes sages appears...

Page 32: ...ut having to continually press a but ton press and release or then hold down or for about 2 seconds Depending on the message scroll setting see Changing the Message Scroll Set ting on Page 41 the page...

Page 33: ...he pager saves only one copy of it showing the most recent time that the message was received Tone Only If your pager receives a personal mes sage that does not have any characters it displays Tone On...

Page 34: ...ecomes full Follow these steps to pro tect or unprotect messages 1 Repeatedly if necessary press or to select the message you want to protect or unprotect 2 Press Protect appears and flashes 3 Press t...

Page 35: ...or disappears To return to the standby display press Note If FULL appears and the pager beeps twice when you press to protect a message 16 messag es are currently protected To protect another mes sag...

Page 36: ...essary press or to select the message you want to delete 2 Press Menu and Protect appear and flashes 3 Press Delete appears and flashes 4 Press three times to delete the message As you press the butto...

Page 37: ...necessary press to select the mes sage then press twice so Delete and Sure then Deleted appears To return to the standby display press Deleting All Messages Caution This procedure deletes all messages...

Page 38: ...ges As you press the button the pager displays Delete All Delete All and Sure then All Deleted Then the standby display appears To escape to the standby display without deleting all messages at any ti...

Page 39: ...tes Follow these steps to turn the reminder alert on or off 1 At the standby display press then repeatedly press until Set Options appears 2 Press then repeatedly press until Reminder Set and the curr...

Page 40: ...it to alert for 20 32 or 44 seconds Follow these steps to change the alert length 1 At the standby display press then repeatedly press until Set Options appears 2 Press so AR Time Set auto reset time...

Page 41: ...roll through all messages stored in memory see Using Automatic Message Scroll on Page 32 however you can set it to display each message one line at a time Follow these steps to change the scroll setti...

Page 42: ...ols such as a tele phone to remind you to call someone at the same time each day At the set alarm time flashes the selected alarm symbol and time appear and the pag er alerts silent or audible dependi...

Page 43: ...then so Set Alarm appears 2 Press Alarm ON or OFF and the alarm set screen including the last set alarm time alarm symbol and the current time in parentheses appear 3 Press if necessary so the pager d...

Page 44: ...moves below the currently selected alarm symbol 6 Repeatedly press to select the alarm symbol telephone alarm clock teacher and blackboard exclamation point or courier you want to appear when the alar...

Page 45: ...time 1 At the standby display press then so Set Alarm appears 2 Press The alarm set screen appears 3 Press so the pager displays Alarm OFF to turn if off or Alarm ON to turn it on then press to retur...

Page 46: ...display appears flashes and the pager alerts audible or silent for up to 44 seconds To stop the alert sooner press any button Setting Starting the Timer 1 At the standby display press then repeatedly...

Page 47: ...hen repeats that sequence when it reaches the end The timer displays the seconds but you can set only the number of minutes 4 Press so Timer RUN appears then press to start the timer The standby displ...

Page 48: ...Stopping the Timer Follow these steps to stop the running timer before time runs out 1 At the standby display press then repeatedly press until Set Timer appears 2 Press Run and the remaining time ap...

Page 49: ...code messages with your family or friends For example your children can include the code 3333 to tell you they are home from school Your spouse can send 07734 to say hello Read it upside down If you h...

Page 50: ...y immediately Use and store the pager only in normal tempera ture environments Handle the pager gently and carefully Don t drop it Keep the pager away from dust and dirt Wipe the pager with a damp clo...

Page 51: ...the interfer ence by moving the pager away from the TV or radio If you cannot eliminate the interference the FCC re quires that you stop using your pager Modifying or tampering with your pager s inter...

Page 52: ...1 this device may not cause any harmful interference and 2 this device must accept interference received including interference that may cause undesired oper ation RadioShack A Division of Tandy Corpo...

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